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Sports car events at the former Miller Motorsports Park are still some of the most picturesque in the discipline. Photo by Motorsport Image - LAT

Pirelli World Championship SprintX championships to be decided in Utah

Just two events remain on the 2018 PWC schedule

August 8, 2018

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The Pirelli World Challenge SprintX championship will be decided this weekend at the Utah Motorsports Campus, with the GT and GTS categories nearing a conclusion as well.

A total of 79 cars are entered across all eight divisions in the penultimate overall round of the World Challenge Season prior to the season finale next month at Watkins Glen International.

Toni Vilander and Miguel Molina top the SprintX Pro-Pro class points in the No. 61 R. Ferri Motorsports Ferrari 488 GT3 with four victories during the first eight events. The Ferrari tandem enjoys a 14 point lead over the No. 96 Pfaff Motorsports/Castrol Porsche 911 GT3 R duo of Scott Hargrove and Wolf Henzler.

The Alegra Motorsports team of Michael Christensen and Spencer Pumpelly third.

The Pro-Am class features Parker Chase and Ryan Dalziel holding an eight-point margin over TR3 Racing’s Jeff Segal and Wei Lu after their overall victory last time out at Portland International.

A total of 14 GT3-spec machines will take part in the event, thanks to the return of Lone Star Racing’s Mercedes-AMG GT3 with Mike Skeen and Scott Heckert, as well as two new additions.

Risi Competizione has entered a Ferrari in the Pro-Am class for Anthony Lazzaro and Pierre Mulacek, while the Japanese Am pairing of Naoto Takeda and Takuya Shirasaka will be behind the wheel of a Turner Motorsport BMW M6 GT3.

The No. 14 GMG Racing Audi R8 LMS GT4 with drivers James Sofronas and Alex Welch enters the former Miller Motorsports Park with a 25-point lead in the SprintX standings. As a result, it’s possible that they could secure the championship by the conclusion of the first race.

With that said, the Racers Edge SIN R1 GT4 with Harry Gottsaker and Jade Buford remain mathematically eligible and are also in a close battle for third with the Ford Mustang GT4, three points ahead of Jake Buford’s PF Racing Ford Mustang GT4 with Scott Maxwell.

Johnny O’Connell returns to the fold this weekend, teaming up with son Canaan in the No. 72 Robinson Racing Chevrolet Camaro GT4.R.

It is one of 19 GTS Pro-Am class entries, alongside the 14 Am cars, led by championship leader Drew Staveley.

The event begins on Friday with practice and qualifying on Saturday morning, just before the first of two one-hour races for both GT and GTS teams.